The Last Picture Show (novel)

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The Last Picture Show is a coming-of-age novel by Larry McMurtry published in 1966 by The Dial Press. Set in the small fictional town of Thalia, Texas in the early 1950s, the novel explores the lives of a group of teenagers as they navigate the complexities of adolescence, love, and the decline of their hometown. It was McMurtry's third novel and forms part of the Thalia Trilogy and the Duane Moore Series, preceded by Leaving Cheyenne and followed by Texasville. He developed the novel from short stories written in college and drew on his experiences growing up in Archer City, Texas. The novel received mostly positive reviews. It was adapted into a film of the same name, with a screenplay written by McMurtry and director Peter Bogdanovich.

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